Some insects are found all across the globe. They can pretty much be found on every continent usually with the exception of Antarctica. One of those insects are ants. Ants are ubiquitous and no matter where you are, they can be just as tenacious as they are here. Homes and business owners fight them every…
Summertime is a great time of year. Swimming, spending time with family, barbecues and so many other things take up our time during the summer months. But in addition to the good things that we enjoy during the summer, there are other things that come along with it. One of those are wasps. Wasps are…
Every spring we here at TermMax Pest Control get call after call for houses that have been severely attacked by ants. Ants are an insect that can be pretty much found all across the world. They invade everybody’s home at one point or another. But what can you do to stop them from doing this?…
Every year we see large amounts of bugs show up in the spring. One of these bugs that we see is the crane fly. It looks like a large mosquito and is often mistaken for a mosquito hawk. This is simply not true. Crane flies are relatively harmless and don't pose a threat to us.…
Every year more and more customers call us about bed bug issues. These insects are found in our beds and homes all over the country. Statistics are telling us that we have more issues with bed bugs and their populations are growing at an alarming rate. How did these insects spread? The truth is that…
Well it's that time of year. In the late spring, I always get a number of calls about termites. These insects become aggressively active this time of year. Because of that, every year I get more calls about termites in April and May than any other time. These insects are wood destroying insects that destroy…
The weather outside is wonderful. It’s a great change from the cold, wintry weather that we’ve had in recent weeks. March is a great time in our weather patterns. Sometimes it can be really cold, and sometimes it can be mild summers warm. But as the seasons begin to change, so do our pest control…
So many species are considered insects, that if you counted all of the population of humans on the earth, it would still be a smaller number than the number of…
Here in America, the average number of family members in a home is growing every day. But this number is not growing because there are more children or more adults in the home. It’s growing because we have more pets in our homes now more than ever. And our pets are just as much a…
Bees are a dreaded summertime foe. And yet these insects are so important to the ecosystem. They are one of the many pollinators that keep our plants and trees reproducing. Without them, plant life would die out, and we wouldn’t last much longer. So, in order to protect this important species,…